Noometry

Model comparison

Grok 4.6 vs Qwen3.5 Max Preview

Grok 4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.8 to 44.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

Grok 4.6 xAI

56.8

Rank #19 Confirmed

Qwen3.5 Max Preview Alibaba (Qwen)

44.7

Rank #72 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4.6 scores higher in 4 categories and Qwen3.5 Max Preview in 4 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Grok 4.6 leads 61.3 to 29.6.

Side by side

Grok 4.6Qwen3.5 Max Preview
ProviderxAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index56.844.7
Released2026-08-12—
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window500K—
Max output500K—
Input $ / M tokens$2—
Output $ / M tokens$6—
Results tracked4917

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Category by category

Coding Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 58.0 (#14), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 43.4 (#79)

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Qwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Coding14641488
DeepSWE67.5%—
FrontierCode48%—
CursorBench41.4%—
LMArena WebDev1620—
FrontierSWE25.3%—
SciCode56.5%—
WeirdML67.3%—
ALE-Bench1,508—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Grok 4.6: 39.4 (#25), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: —

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Qwen3.5 Max Preview
APEX-Agents65.3%—
GDP.pdf17.2%—
Vending-Bench 29,047—

Reasoning Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 61.3 (#18), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 29.6 (#81)

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Qwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Hard Prompts14451483
ARC-AGI-267.1%—
SimpleBench75.9%—
NYT Connections (extended)80%—
ARC-AGI-187.5%—
CritPt19.7%—
Chess Puzzles40%—
EBR-Bench30.5%—
Mystery Game Puzzles34%—
DTBench97.3%—
LMCA48.5%—
Epoch Capabilities Index156.48—

Math Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 66.8 (#19), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 37.3 (#99)

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Qwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Math14161473
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)66%—
FrontierMath Tier 431.7%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202599.2%—
ProofBench51%—

Knowledge Grok 4.6 leads

Grok 4.6: 63.3 (#18), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 41.1 (#104)

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Qwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Expert14631489
GPQA Diamond94%—
SimpleQA Verified49.3%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Grok 4.6: 43.9 (#18), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: —

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Qwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Vision1265—
Blueprint-Bench 233.2%—
Furniture Assembly40%—
LMArena Document1452—

Multilingual Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

Grok 4.6: 53.3 (#67), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 56.4 (#21)

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Qwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Non-English14221465
LMArena Chinese14791534
LMArena French14581483
LMArena German14251487
LMArena Japanese13831497
LMArena Korean13951438
LMArena Russian14271472
LMArena Spanish14081470

Instruction Following Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

Grok 4.6: 75.6 (#59), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 77.2 (#28)

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Qwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Instruction Following14311467

Long Context Too close to call

Grok 4.6: 44.4 (#62), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 45.2 (#44)

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Qwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Longer Query14531477

Writing & Preference Qwen3.5 Max Preview leads

Grok 4.6: 62.5 (#77), Qwen3.5 Max Preview: 66.1 (#39)

BenchmarkGrok 4.6Qwen3.5 Max Preview
LMArena Text14271471
LMArena Creative Writing14301464
LMArena Multi-Turn14221478

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok 4.6 better than Qwen3.5 Max Preview?

Grok 4.6 is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.8 to 44.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is Grok 4.6 or Qwen3.5 Max Preview better for coding?

Grok 4.6 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 58.0 versus 43.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Grok 4.6 and Qwen3.5 Max Preview share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.6 has 49 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 Max Preview has 17.

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